Arriva put Prices up again

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RE: Arriva put Prices up again

(26/02/2015 16:31)Dentonian Wrote:  Totally agree where QBPs apply. However, Central Government are to blame for inter-availibility of tickets not being available on "shared" routes. Basically, they aren't shared, as they compete with each other, and so accepting each others tickets is seen as "anti-competitive". Yes, there is the alternative of Savaway/Solo (or System One in GM), but there is a premium to pay (eg. 40% on System One DaySavers)

Competition is still possible on QBPs though, the 471/2 for example, where Stagecoach has the stickers advertising cheaper tickets to encourage people to wait for their service when buying a weekly ticket. That seems to be healthy competition whilst performing an actual partnership with Arriva and importantly serving customers in the best possible way.

Does anybody know whether Merseytravel has any powers to enforce this kind of arrangement between operators?